Cities in Oceania - photos

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Cities in Australasia, i.e., both Australia and New Zealand rank highly in Mercer Consulting's best cities report which rank the world's top cities based on quality of life. Cities, towns, and settlements outside these two countries do not have a western lifestyle. Below is a non-exhaustive list of prominent cities in Australasia with a mention of some of the main settlements in other Oceanic nations.
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Sydney - Australia

Melbourne - Australia

Brisbane - Australia

Auckland - New Zealand

Gold Coast - Australia

Wellington - New Zealand

Christchurch - New Zealand

Canberra - Australia

Hamilton - New Zealand

Tauranga - New Zealand

Lower Hutt - New Zealand

Ballarat - Australia

Noumea - New Caledonia

Palmerston North - New Zealand

Hastings - New Zealand

Rotorua - New Zealand

Napier - New Zealand

Nelson - New Zealand

Porirua - New Zealand

Wanganui - New Zealand

Upper Hutt - New Zealand

Gisborne - New Zealand

Queenstown - New Zealand

Armidale - Australia

Nukualofa - Tonga

Best Cities

Auckland, Wellington, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Melbourne rank in the top 30 of the Mercer Consulting's best cities report with Auckland and Melbourne often being listed in the top 5 cities in the world. Main settlements in the less developed countries of the South Pacific are often too small to be considered true cities. Nukuʻalofa, the capital of Tonga for example has a mere 24,000 people. Larger cities do exist outside of Australasia such as Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, but they usually rank poorly in the quality of life index.

Largest cities in Oceania by population

• Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
• Auckland, New Zealand.
• Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
• Wellington, New Zealand.
• Canberra, ACT, Australia.
• Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.